We are becoming a nation of people crying wolf. It seems that with any tiny thing we don’t like as a society we immediately turn to protest. Now don’t get us wrong, as journalists and champions of free speech we love protests: when they make sense. Now it seems like the latest round of prote…

Veterans Day is a time to honor those who have fought in the nation’s wars. We here at The Progress are always touched by the poem sent to us by Caldwell resident and Army veteran, Lt. Leo Brady. He served from 1960-65 and was part of the Vietnam conflict. His poem, entitled “The Day the Rai…

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We are smack dab in the middle of the fall sports season and have settled into the grind between practices and games. The fluttering anticipation of opening day is behind us, but before you know it even those playoff bound athletes are going to see their seasons end. And for those seniors pa…

We are barely into fall 2016 and already we have ramped up into full overscheduling mode. Work and school and activities have every member of the family running in different directions and the lazy, hazy days of summer have already been banished to memory.

While the contentious presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump has been grabbing all the attention, there are numerous other federal, state, county and local contests that will also be decided in the Tuesday, Nov. 8, general election.

In our modern society we have developed a very distressing pattern of communication. We talk at one another rather than to one another. We here at The Progress spend a lot of time interfacing with the communities we serve, but we are a relatively small number of employees when tasked with th…

It has been quite the show in Trenton lately as the Democrat-controlled state Senate and Assembly and the Republican governor try to out-game one another in the effort to restore funding to the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF). The side with the clearer head seems to be the Senate.

We are blessed in the West Essex area with a tradition that allows both the valedictorian and salutatorian to speak at their respective commencements. It also affords the administration a chance to stand up at the podiums and explain to students what they can expect from life now that their …

Memorial Day falls this year on Monday, May 30, marking the un-official beginning of summer, which means barbecues will light up, picnic tables will be taken out of garages and everyone will launch upon what is an official rite of the holiday weekend.

Two-and-a-half months ago, at New Jersey Future’s Redevelopment Conference in New Brunswick, Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean asked an audience of transportation and environmental experts which member of Congress – both Democrats and Republicans included – would be the most important to re-el…

You’ll see them outside of your supermarkets this month: Men and women wearing garrison caps and holding red poppies and a collection container. These are veterans of our Armed Forces, who served our country and who deserve our thanks and support.